About Us

Our Vision

To be the nexus of membrane science and technology activity in the Australasia region;

To promote collaborative engagements across the community to disseminate membrane technology to end users; and

To capture current research and industry involvement and highlight future trends.

Our Mission

The MSA is to represent Membrane Science and Technology in Australasia realising that this will be aligned with societal needs.

This will be achieved by:

providing an open forum for transferring and sharing technologies as well as capabilities within the members, industries and high education organizations;

supporting multidisciplinary networking events;

providing leadership and mentorship in membrane science for the Australasian membrane community;

promoting opportunities for young members; and

and enabling wider understanding of the membrane technologies for public interest.

Patron

Prof. Tony Fane, University of New South Wales

Tony Fane is a Chemical Engineer with a PhD from Imperial College, London. He has been working on membranes since 1973 when he joined the University of New South Wales, in Sydney, Australia. His current interests are in membranes applied to environmental applications and the water cycle, with a focus on the sustainability aspects of membrane technology, including membrane bioreactors and reuse.

He is a former Director of the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology at UNSW where he continues to work with colleagues. From 2002 to 2006 he was Temasek Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore with a programme in Membrane Technology for Sustainable Water. He is currently Director of the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre at NTU; Tony divides his time between Sydney and Singapore.

He is on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Membrane Science (a former editor from 1992 to 2005) and Desalination. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, a recipient of the Centenary Medal in 2002 for services to Chemical Engineering and the Environment and an Honorary life member of the European Membrane Society. Tony has advocated the formation of an Australian society and strongly supports the Membrane Society of Australasia. He is honoured to be its Patron.

Board

Chair – Aaron Thornton, CSIRO

V.P. Amanda Ellis, The University of Melbourne

Secretary – Stefan Smith, CSIRO

Treasurer – Ludovic Dumee, Deakin University

Newsletter Editor – David Wang, University of Sydney

Workshop/Support Coordinator – Hokyong Shon, UTS

Travel Awards Coordinator – Greg Leslie, University of New South Wales

Committee

New Zealand Representative – A/Prof. Ken Morison, University of Canterbury

Webmaster – Dr David Uhlmann and Andrea Merenda

Chief Newsletter Editor – Leonard Tijing, UTS

Constitution

The MSA, as a company Limited by Guarantee, operates under rules contained in a Constitution. All members of MSA are required to formally acknowledge their agreement to abide by these rules which includes a clause limiting each members liability to $20 upon the winding-up of the Company.